Eric Scheske

Saturday Rambling I walk the pre-death tightrope all the time: Just let myself go and become irrelevant or try to stay engaged. Play the Zen master or read the newspaper. Use the garden to go Siddhartha-at-the-river [https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/siddhartha/summary-and-analysis/

BYCU This is the best booze story of the week: Austrian man jailed up for glorifying Nazism after cops found "joke" Hitler-branded wine in his home [https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/austrian-man-locked-up-glorifying-12551158] . The man apparently thought some pro-Hitler

*My apologies for yesterday's glitch. I'm not sure what happened, and I'm not convinced it won't happen again, but my hosting service and I are working through the problems. *I'm not posting much today, for fear it won't

Hump Day Rambling I just read last night that Tom Wolfe died. I read a bit of the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I liked it, but didn't finish it. I might have to read it this year during vacation. The urbane but humble Terry Teachout's

A new poll has found that a majority of Americans say that driverless cars will have a big impact on the elderly. Specifically, if they don't cross the street fast enough.

Miscellaneous Rambling "140 White Castle locations began serving the vegan Impossible Burger, part of a new wave of plant-based proteins that taste, cook and, in some cases, bleed like the animal version. Unlike tofu dogs and Boca Burgers, these products are aimed squarely at carnivores." Link [https:

Miscellaneous Rambling Do you have the personality to earn lots of money? It depends on whether you have some or all of these six traits [https://flipboard.com/article/the-secrets-of-the-%E2%80%98high-potential%E2%80%99-personality/f-f17e6ba97b%2Fbbc.com] . I have three of them

Weekend Rambling Solo was released yesterday. I doubt I'll go. I have tentatively decided not to go to any more Star Wars or super hero movies. Avengers Infinity War put me over the top, and it wasn't bad. I just suddenly found myself tired: tired of

Brews You Can Use Incredibly busy week. I unwound last night with my favorite simple concoction (tonic and New Amsterdam gin) for two hours, giving me a mild hangover this morning, but it's alright. I needed to blow the dust off (a client's term for getting

An American Airlines employee berated a young mom for carrying a breast pump. Although it's still better than the time the same mom was on Spirit Airlines and she was asked to feed everyone in coach.